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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1923, On Broadway - 1923, The Verdict: People of the State of New York vs. The God of Vengeance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who co-commissioned Indecent?
(a) Ogunquit Playhouse and American Repertory Theater.
(b) Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre.
(c) Stratford Theater Festival and Goodman Theatre.
(d) American Players Theater and Waterville Playshop.

2. Where does Indecent take place?
(a) A few cities in Europe and America in the 20th century.
(b) In an attic in Poland.
(c) Europe in 1906 and the 1920s and America in the 1950s.
(d) Warsaw in 1906, Bridgeport, Connecticut in the 1950s and everywhere in between.

3. The Last Moments of the Play is a repeat of what?
(a) The lines of the play that has been performed previously minus the sending of Rivkele to the brothel.
(b) The lines of the end of the play that have been performed previously.
(c) The first lines of the play.
(d) The lines of the end of the play that have been performed previously, but this time they are performed in Yiddish.

4. What does Peretz think this play will do, regarding anti-Semitism?
(a) It will end anti-Semitism.
(b) It will slow the spread of anti-Semitism.
(c) It might encourage anti-Semitism.
(d) It will pour petrol on the flames of anti-Semitism.

5. Nakhmen says this play is written by a Jew who hates who?
(a) The poor.
(b) The wealthy.
(c) Gentiles.
(d) Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. 1911, St. Petersburg is a repeat of the last few lines of the play, minus what?

2. What is Sholem's response when Nakhmen says he is representing the Jewish people as prostitutes and pimps?

3. How does Madje feel about the response Sholem will get from the men at the salon?

4. Why were readings and workshops able to begin for Indecent?

5. Where does Sholem say he has always wanted to see?

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